Meet America’s first black female rabbi, Alysa Stanton.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Describing herself as the “new face of Judaism,” Alysa Stanton became the first black female rabbi in the country during an ordination in Cincinnati.
Stanton, of Blue Ash, was among 14 rabbis ordained Saturday at the Plum Street Temple. She will serve as rabbi of the predominantly white Congregation Bayt Shalom in Greenville, N.C., beginning this summer.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reported on its Web site that Stanton said her goals are to break down barriers, build bridges and provide hope.
A native of Cleveland, she studied at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the oldest institution of higher Jewish education of Reform Judaism in the United States.
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she is not halachically Jewish
a.) What point are you trying to make?
b.) Why do you say that?
c.) Which standard of halachah are you referring to?
d.) What do you know about her conversion?
My point is this: “avi” is uninformed and ignorant. Unless he knows Rabbi Stanton personally (which I do) and knows something about her conversion that I don’t know, he is wrong. Rabbi Stanton is halachically Jewish. She even lived in Israel for a year as part of her studies.
Dovid, Avi is right, according to Halakha, her Reform conversion is not valid. Israel recognized only Orthodox conversion, and don’t be all defensive because someone speaks their mind, what you said was Lashon Hara. Ask any Religious Jew, he/she will tell you that Conservative and Reform conversions are not valid, because they are not really following Jewish Law.